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Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1863-08-13

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J- V "1 , ' VOL IX. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO THURSDAY, AUGUST, 13 1853. NO4I 111 If flit Wlfl ff 7 A ' THE MOUNT VEKNON REPIBLR'AX. T K It M S : For one year (invariably in advancc)82.00 For six months, 1,00 TERMS OF ADVERTISING. One square, 3 weeks, One square, 3 months, One square, G months, One square, 1 year, One square (changeable monthly) Changeable weekly, Two squares, 3 weeks, Two squares, 6 weeks, Two squares, 3 months, f wo squares, (j months, Two squares, 1 year, Three squares, 3 weeks, Three squares, 15 weeks, Three squares, 3 months, Three squares, 6 months, Three sauares. 1 vear. 1,00 8,00 4,50 0,00 10,00 15,00 1.75 3.25 5,25 0,75 8,00 2,50 4,50 6,00 8,00 10,00 One-fourth column, chan. quarterly, 15,00 One-third " " " ZZ.uu One-half ' 28,00 One column, changeable quarterly, 50,00 Select poctrj) UNION SONG. The Battle-Cry of Freedom. ( REVI8ED EDITION) 'Uncle Sam' is shouting 'Come boys! come from laud and main, ShoutiHgthe Battle Cry of Freedom! Come, rally round tho Flag, Boys; rally once again ! Shouting the Battle fry of Freedom ! Chorus The Union forever! Hurrah, Boys, Hurrah! Down with tho traitors! Up with the Stars! Come, rally round the Flag' boys; rally once again, Shouting the Battle Cry of Freedoml' Yes, we'll rally round the Flag, Boys, we'll rally once again, Shouting tho Battle Cry of Freedom ! We will gather from the hill side, we 11 rally from tho plain, Shouting the B ittlo Cry of Freedom! Chorus The Unior. forever! Hurrah, Boys, hurrah! Down with the traitors! Up with tho Stars ! Ch, we'll ra'iy round the Flag L'oys, rally once ag:trn, Shouting the Battlo Cry ol Freedom! We will welcome to our ranks, Boys, the loyal true and brave, Shouting the Battle Cry of Freedom! . And, though he may be poor, he shall never be a slave, Shouting the Battle Cry of Freedom I Cuonus The Union forever ! &o. We will answer to tho call, Boys, of Brotl crs gone before, Shouting the Battlo Cry of Freedom! Anl we'll fill their vacant ranks with a million freemen more, Shouting the Battle Cry of Freedom! Chorus The Union forever ! ic. Wo will hang the traitor band, Boys, Jeff Davis and his crew, Shouting tho Battle Cry of Freedom! And the Copperheads we'll crush, Boys, Vallandighatn and Pugh, Shouting the Battle Cry of Freedom! Cucaus Tho Union forever 1 &e. iNTuEnvBMTTiorsE. I was born in Dudley ville, where also my father uu 1 tuy father's father wero born beforo me. Tho first sou of our family lbr many generations liad been christened Nicholas, and 1 was honoroJ with tho same euphoi !ier wits. -on cognomen. On the male side my Scream followed scream, then aclat-father and 1 were tho 'inly one 1 It ter like a tramp of homes. I made to represent tho ancient race. We wero both as well known in Dudley-ville as the spire of the villago church and from being so well known, we were hailod the win la country r und by the familiar epithet of 'Nick Dudley ,' and to avo confounding the two, my lather was frequently called 'Old Nick.' 1 believe in my soul this was the cause ofliisscndingme so early abroad. Be that as it may, I was cqtiipe l aud icgulaily insbllod, when I wasscarfe sixteen, into Uncle Sam's service, where, young as I was, I contrived to distinguish myself for my military daring an 1 courage, which, I am now O nvinccd, was nothing but foolhard-iucFfl- . ' . , It was during the Texan war I ser- . vod, and at tho age of twenty -one 1 returned once mro to' tho paternal ro if, with the lillo of major prefixed . to my name. : .- P l'i..t' l't .. C a:' .: It was with no ordinary degree o self satisfaction that, with my showy regimentals, with my faco browned by a tropical sun, a firco military moustache and my lull proportions. I paced tho deck of the steamer which was soon to land ma within a short stage ride of my native town. My sister Kate, whom I so longed to see, had, I fancied, grown a tall, beautiful girl, and as she had thrown out some vague hints in her letter to me,concerningsonieimportanichaiigcs in her life, which only awaited my presence to accomplish, I racked my brains to imagine tho sort of a man tho intended huBbaiid might be. My return 1 had carefully planned in such a way as to surprise the old gentleman anil Kate- By no possibil ity were they expecjing me for a full week. I had learned from Kate that the old homestead was undergoing repairs, and that meanwhile tho old gen- tleman had rented a house in tho heart of tho flourishing town. I kuew the old place and all its sur roundings so well, however, in spite of alterations, that I could not be at fault. I was in tho very street at last, and in front of the house which held my good father and sister. As I was about to ascend the steps and enter the honso legitimately by the front door, I saw that the dining room windows which opened 011 the green before the house, were vide open, and the bright light within the! room, shown on the out spread table, just as the family had lei t it after ihe evening meal. 'They must have had company,' Untight I, for tlie table had evidently been laid tur a number of persons, and t.10 massive spoons and shining silver toa-scrvice lay temptingly open to t..e hands of any passing thief. A brilliant thought flashed on my mind. 'A double surprise.' thought I, and I no sooner thought than acted. Springing ut one bonnd through (ne of the open windows, I gathered. j as hastily as possible, sporna, and whatever of the massive platJ I coul 1 determining to make my way np stnirs an 1 into the dn wing room, before any of the family saw mo, and present my sister with my own presence and her silver at the same timo. Just as I was about to open the door of tho dining room, my eyes glanced on the name engraved upon the silver 'Liverniorc.' I started like a criminal While it flashed through mo like a shock of lightning that my father, though a man of means, bad never manifested nty great love ol silver, ami had never owned any plate except thoold-fashioned spoons and tea-service which had been handed down from genera tion to generation, it also oc urred to m! for a dead certainty that I had 'wakened up tho wrong passenger,' in 8-iort, that I was in a fix, aud decided ly in the wrong house. As this truth glanced rapidlythrough my mind I was engaged in replacing the silver previous to making my exit in tho sain j way I had entered. But alas for human calculat ion! Bc-fov I had divtstftd my pockets of halt their contents, tho door opened and shut with a bang, giving me a glimps 1 of a serva it maid halt terrified out of for tho window, but one of tho shut- ters had already been closed with a bang, an 1 in tho same way tho rest were closed as if by magic. A friendly side-door stood invitingly open. I mado my way through it an 1 up a private staircase. The next moment I found myself in tho snug, lib ary adjoin ing tho brilliantly Jightod room. I heard steps approaching, and darting beli in 1 tho shelter of the ample drapery which curtained tho window? hal only timo to conceal myself when voices in tho arartment made .me awaro I hal been nouo too quick in my operations. After a little I was left alono, and now I had timo and food for reflection. Suppose I wero caught tho silver actually in my possession, tho proof was convincing damning; evon niy fathers n:im3, well and favorably Jtnowi'i conlJ not shield 1210. a was well known, too, but us a wild, reck- 1.-as blade, and to many tho probability that I had added house-breaking to my other lawless accomplishments, mig'it bo easily supposable. Determining to put tho best possible face on tho matter in caao I was caught, I remained almost breathles in my hiding place, Presentiy by tho hum of voices I could hear that tho drawing-room began to fill. I grew nervous, restless. I longed to rush out in the midst of all and acknowledge who I was. and the reason of my being thero under such suspicious circumstances. But the reasons were so ridiculous, that in spite of all my mora manly feedings I was constrained to remain like a guilty wretch in my hiding-place. At intervals, grcups of visitors entered tho library, and then withdre-v. At each intrusion I felt my hour had coma. But somehow my good genius proved always in the ascendant. No one cams to the window. The rooms began to thij. I could plainly distinguish that fact with some degree of hope in my breast. Again I heard voices and Btepts enter tho library.'Before I go, dear Edith,' said a musical voice, which I recognized with a thrill of joy as my sister's 'let me tell you that in a week I expert my dea, brother. I shall then have the pleasure of introducing you, and 'A hi that long-talked- of brother, Kate; I am half ir love with him already fi om your glowing description. 'You will be entirely in love with him when you see and know him. See here is his last let' er; shall I reV i.?' Edith, the little witch, consented. and then I had the pleasure ofhearing my last scrawl read by my partial sister. Oh. how mawkish it sounded to me; how pointless the wit-how si.ly tho attempt at poetry. But Edith praised it when Kate had .-nded, and this in a measure reconciled me to the boyish ittempt. At last the rooms where still, the light extinguished and darkened prevailed. I was irepariug to emcrgo from my hiding place, when tho opening ot a door arrested roe. Light steps approached, curtain was drawn, and tho moonlight revealed the from of a beautiful girl, and at the same time I was revealed to her astonished view. With admirable pros-cuce of mid she suppressed a scream. Who are you? what are you doing here?, she asked hurriedly. 'Do not be alarmed; do not make a noifc, fair lady, and I will tell you. I 'Are you the person who are you a robber? Did you breaL into ,Did 1 break into your house, you would ask. Yes, but do not start. 1 am no robber, I assure you. Alas! I need your assistance I saw that my manner assured her and I went on. 'I am the only brother of your friend, Kate Dudley, and, as such, ask your compassion, for I must bo right in supposng you ard Miss Edith Livermo-e, with whom Kate has repeatenly made me acquainted in her letters., 'I am indeed Edith Livermore,' she replied, with unfeigned astonishment; and I ,You would hear how I pot here with these iu my bocket.'und I ulled out spoon after spoon a laid them before her. E lith 1 oked more and more perplexed and onsiderably terrified. But I soon reassured her by relating the whole of my adventure. She blushed a little when I related the conversation between her and my sister, but somehow we talked there alone until the gray dawn reminded us both that must go. Edith herself let me out of the door, but not till I felt somewhat assured that what she said to my sister, hud literally come true that she was really more than half in love with me. It Las beta several years sioee then, but not long enough to mako either nay self or my little wifo Edit) regret my ad venture ia the wrong house. IlArrisESS. To be happy at home is the ultimate result of a, I ambition, the end to which every .enterprise and all la bor tends, and ot which every desire prompts the. prosecution. Jt is, indeed, at home thet ever? man must be known by those who would make a just estimate of bis virtue or Iclicity; for tniilca and embroidery are alike occasional, and tho mind is often dtessed for show in painted honor and fictitious benovolenco. Johnson. S,Head the speech of Gen. Logan. - . r ) ; I - MAJ0R-GENE11AL JOHN A. LOGAN A HOME. A War Speech lu Egypt. The followingextraetsfroma late speech of John A. Logan a war Democrat, nre well worth reading. Our subscribers should read thorn and hand tho paper to their Deuiocratio neighbors to read. We would gladly have published all his speech but cannot for want of spaco. What then is the duty we owo to that Government? I'll tell you in a fow words. We owe it our first allegiance as American citizeus. We owe our first allegiance to that Government paramount to any State, County, Section or Territory. We owe it our first allegiance as citizens. We are in duty bound to protect that Government under whose regis we have so long enjoyed peace, prosperity and security. As citizens who have received protection from it, it is our duty to stand by it in all its perils, in all its trials, all its wants, in every thing; it makes no matter what it is. It is our duty to see that at no time that Government is destroyed, that at no time the rights and privileges of its citizens are interferred with or molested. Applause. I believe no one will dispute this point 'for a moment. All will admit it. Well, if it be truo that we are indebted to this Government that much, clearly then there is a duty incumbcot upon us, upon all men and women in the land, upon all officers, upon all persons in the Government; aud it is that kind of duty that they should certainly perform it is to execute the trust imposed upon them in good faith, iu honesty and candor, according to the laws of the land and constitution under which we live. Applause. This being the case then, I will now bring to your attention the point I am driving at. It is this when a country like this is in war, what is the duty of its citizens? Now, if we owe our first allegiance to ourGovernment if we are bound to respect its laws, and in good faith carry them out why then, if that is the nature of our obligation to it, we are bound to prevent in every way possible, in every manner within our power, any interference with it iu any way what ever. We aro bound to resist any blow aimed at its vitality. We aro bound to go between it and its antagonist, be be who he may, what power under heaven it may we are bound to shield it with our strong arms in its hour of danger. Applause. AX UNCONSTITUTIONAL WAR. General Lo-an then reviewod tho assertions that tho war is an unholy, a fratiici dal, and a unconstitutional war. Was it Constitutional to organize a conspiracy against the Government; Ibis was not done for tho purpose of restoring peace and harmony, but for the reason that certain gentlemen iu some parts of the country had got "a little too large for their boots;" they thought if they could not be Presidents by election, they would be so by blood and carnage, and in violation of the laws of tho land. The friends of the rebels think this constitutional enough, bu' they are terribly opposed to defending the Government against them. Gen. Logan then spoke of the Conscription. THE CONSCRIPTION BILL. It ia said that the very idea of forcing a man into the army under the conscrip tion law is infamous. Let us see. What is a conscription law? It is a law enacted by the legislative power of the country for the protection of the Government, for en rolling soldiers to defend the Government against all its foe, foreign or domestic. Do those who talk of the infamous, the odious conscription bill not know that there is not a government on top of the earth but passes a conscription law whenever they deiire to raise troops for any emergency whatever? Some governments raise troops without conscription laws. They ust issue proclamations, and tell the peo-plo to march up and be soldiers without further notice This is the way they do in the land of Jeff. Laughter. lie issued an order the other day without any act of Congress. They have to go forward and deliver themselves np, or they will be ar rested and shot as deserters. But that ii all right, of course, because Jeff, does it n has a right la do that; but if the Presi dent of the Uoitcd State or the Coogress of the United States happen to pjw a coo scription law, when we have not troeps enough to pot down this rebellion, it is an outrage. 1 wani w say tais: if 1 was President of the United States and had the power, and if Jef. Pa vis or any other Jeff, was fighting against (he Government to destroy it, whether I had a conscription law or not, I would havo soldiers. Applause. And every uiau I fouud trying to excite sedition or to produce dissatisfaction in the army that was fighting for tho Government, X would haog on the first tree t came to. .pplauso. That's what I'd do with them. Whenever gentlemen talk in this coun try about obevipg law. and about the via- . latiun of the Constitution; whenever ger- his Government or against it. Ho can't tlemen in this or any eouutry nre (Imuouii- lie ngaiust the Union und against Jeff, cing men for exercise of power that doesn't 1 Davis. He is either a Union man and for belong to them, why, in God's name, lot his country, or else he is 11 traitor to the them try and obey tho laws tbcuiseUfis.jcouulry. If then.- xueii me so before they talk to others about it. Look I fund of the Constitution as it is, aud the at New York. Here is a conscription law attempted to bo enforced for the purpose of raising soldiers to fight for the old flay that was carried by Washington on many a bloody field; that our fathers nnd broth ers have waved and shaken in the faco of the enemy until they trembled with iear because of the power that was known to be in that old banner; to fight by the side of veterans who hare for over two years marched to the music of tho Union: to fight for old Yaukco Doodle as we always did. But men wero told that this law must be opposed, that mobs must be raised to prevent its enforcement, and these men, who invite the mob spirit iu New York arc clamorous for the Constitution and laws. They want the letter of the Con stitution adhered to. Tbey want the laws all administered properly. In New York, gentlemen rfi'l get up and make speeches and talk about usurpation in office, and the unjust exercise of power, und all this to do what? To make people law abiding, Constitution loving citizens? No, but to excite the populace to every i'eed of violence and atrocity, to mako them resist the law openly; to make them willfully murder their fellow-citizens in the streets; to make them commit acts of robbery, murder and arson. Was not that the result of tha these teachings in New York? What did they do for the people whom they excited thus? Did they prevent any of them from being enrolled? No, but they caused the streets of New York to flow with the blood of her fellow-citizens. And so it will always be when such riots are attempt. ed because tho Government has the power to put them down, and will put them down; and the gentlemen who try to excite mobs will be tho first to suffer; they will be the first to run out of the country to get rid of the law, too. Applause. There are a great many other objections to the prosecution 0" this war. Tbey want to stay the war to prevent tho further effusion of blood. Fellow-citizcns( this Government is a Government that we all love or once loved. We love the people tho country, tho rivors, tho rocks, the trees, every thing in it. They are ours. It is our people, our rivers, our lakes, our shores, our rocks, our mountains, our HUh, our hollows. It is our people, our Government tho best and brightest that ever existed on earth, and before I would sec this war stop until tho Government is restored in all it former power and supremacy, 1 would rathsr see the graves of ourselves, our sous and our brothers, mountains high. I would rather sco carcusaes sufficient to make bridges across tho widest streams, before this war should stop, until the true soldier of tho Union could wave his saber in his strong right hand and cleave the head from every traitor in the land. Applause This Government is worth fighting for. It is worth generations and centuries of war. It is worth the lives of the best and noblest men in the land, and may they all bo saerificed before tho war shall stop and leave an armed traitor in the land. Applause We will fight fur this Government for the sake of ourselves and our children. Our little ones shall read in history of the men who stood by the Government in its dark and gloomy hours, and it shall be tho proud boast of many that their fathers died in this glort cm struggb for American liberty. (Ap plause) LINCOLN BASTILES. Some men in this country say that they have been incarcerated in I forgot the same they call the thing, but I believe it is Lincoln bastilcs. I never heard of a Lincoln bastile before. They say this is a reign of terror. I havo nothing to say about them, only this: If they were improperly put in tho bmtile, I am very sorry for iti if they were properly put ihere, 1 am very sorry they wero not kept there. Applause Thoy ought to know whether they were put there rightfully or hot. Whenever yon hear a cian get up aud make a speech, and tell the crowd he ii afraid ho will be arrested by some Lincoln soldiers, you may Le sure there is something wrong about him. If he is a good Uoioa man, aod talks Union talk, there is 00 dner of hi being arrested. If be is for his Government, for bis country, and shows it by bis conversation and by his conduct, there is no danger of his being put in prison uot a ptrticle, not a bit of it. i don t nnd any man in Uiis country afraid of being put in jail if ha will make a good Union speech. What kind of a speech ought a man to make in this coun try? Docs he want to make a Jeff. Davis speech? There are two kijds of speeches for him to innko for the Government or against it. Ill can't be half way for the Union no such thing as that Ue is ei ter Union man cr a traitor ha ia for Lnon as it whs, that they want the ton-1 stitutiou in such condition that the Con gress of the tinted States will not prohibit Jeff. Davis, Toombs and thai crowd of traitors from holding scats in the Congress of the United States, so that they can again break up the Government. I am not for it. Applause. I uui not for their holding seats in Congress again, in order to go into conspiracy to break up tho Government. The leaders in this great eonspiracy, should never again he permitted to hare tho same constitutional rights they had before. Applause. If these gentlemen mean that they want them restored to the tame rights, then I am not for it. They and I differ there. If they mean that they are willing for these geu- tlcnien in that part of the country to eon-1 trol this Government, to hold a lash over j it as they have done heretofore, I am not for that either. Applause. I am for no such thing. I am for the Union as it was and the Uniom as it is. When I say I am for the Union as it was, I mean that I am for all the territory that belongs to the Govcrnmsnt, bringing it all back, evory foot of it, and governing it according to the wants of the people, and passing such laws arc as best adapted to their condition I can see through what these gentlemen mean. 1 know it exactlv. uy saying they are for the Union as it was, these men want to use the army to run srouud all through the country nnd pick up stray niggers and return to their masters They want our boys in bluejackets to hunt the swamps, and hills and hollows for abscond" ing darkies. Now, for one, I beg to be excused. Applause. I will certainly have to beg off from such work as that If they want that done, I havo no objec-1 lion, when the war is over, to let them go down and engage in that business themsel ves. I will permit them to do it, but let them not ask us to do it, if they please. L know that is just tho meanmsr ot the ''Union as it was and the Constitution as it is," with these men. 1 say to these nx.-n this: These nickers have lun away iroaj these people, aud tbey can just kp 011 ; running, and run tid doomsday, so fur a-i I am concerncu. i aiuu t c.-mso rneni ro rebel, nor did I run any of tho nigem nil'. If they want them ihevinav i-ak-h them but I can tell them that they'll have a happy tune doing it. l.ut l suppose tbey , want them all restored; they want a Uw j passed ro-ensKving thom; rbey want ttuH army to turn nigger-hunters and sla-..- ; oateuers. WelLuow. when they lay down ; their gnns and return back to the Govern metit,let them come before a United Mau-s Court, and let that United States t.'utirt lecido whether they aro entitled to this property. lithe Court says they nhnll j have it, I say all right. If the Cutirt says no. then I say "you can't come it. Squire." j I don t Know, out it seems to mo rn.it more is ro country on eartn tnat allows men u: commit treason against its Governnieut- allows them to ctminit such oiitruirt'oiLs acts of treason as these men have commit ted violate all the laws and tho Constitution and rebel against the Government, and then claim that tho Government has bo right to confiscate their property. A FEW WORDS roll TIIH SOLDIERS. Now fellow-citizens, I have detained you! on all these poiuts at as great length as I desire. This lengthy speaking in the open air will, 1 urn atraid, do me a a great deal of injury; fruiu the way I feel. But I want to say a lew words to you in reference to our soldiers. 1 riavo no omogies to pass, so far as I am concerned, upon their eon-duct, more than what that conduct shows itself entitled to. 'J ho country knows it; so far as the conduct of tho soldiers of the United States is concerned, they knew all all about it. But I want to appeal to you in behalf of these men, that while tbey are traveling and marching about through the rebellious States almost naked, without food sometimes, in tho burning sun and iu the drenching f. tor 01, in tho night and in the day; whilo they are sleeping upon the cold wet ground; while they are suti'eriug all the toils and privations ot camp J 1 to such as no other poldiers ever endured be-lore'; while they are doingtbat which they honestly believe to be their duty to themselves und their country, as citizens of the noble State of Illinois, to atleast extend to them your sympathy, to st least to feel in common wi h them that the r cause is just, to at less! think, if you cauuot alleviate their Bufferings and lessen tboir p rivst'ous 10 the field, th-Jt your leelmgs are with them. Say to (hem, "go on, hojs, God bless you," and let th brave fellows know how you feel toward them. .Arp!ii'e Let us have no more it tiers wnfeu Irciu 1 horns U) the boys who are in the o',d, graaibliDKaad growing, and tolling them wnn tfith this TirV.i.!ir V, . I r.Av-i. "A gun, and that you wis'a tbey were heme i """"v 7- and all that sort ot thing; lor ycu only encourage them to desert the eaive of thair country. IjH us havo no more l!ttor written to iho arniy from parent u-ll.ng their children that if they eorae homo to come by a certain man's bouse, and be will tell them tho best way to get where they can tnnet other deserters, and he protected. Let w have no more of this. Write toibtxa in this Way: eay to them, my ion, as Ionian there is an armed refiel in the Goiern-mont, as long nMherc is u irii r iu arms aeainst the United ta''.-, bo true t'i the jfjg u( yeBr COvntry; be true to tfcfl iih . . . ....... you took when you entered the army Do your duty, and when your cnuutry needs !'ou u" '"" i" the field, come home, nnd j jj' ''"''t"i,f;0JI( '(1 'l r VUf s,retclK''1 ,1 lUiiVi't'Ll HliJi'!, wVe jTct'wM in discharge of a patriot's duty. Let hi-- WTi render your name immmurtal as one nt'tlin irulLt.i t .L- .1: 1.1 ... :" wiumiiou mat hi coun- : try line it livH. r , i 1 ... . .. - L..1T.a,i--, XA.( your country b ,)ruU(J t0 ilia(.ril)aJ upon its banners a8 on. of theheroio dead. Let your pray.-r be tWt t)ie American UhK may be your winding 8lieet wbilo your spirit wings it way to the haven of rest re-, served lor the brave soldiers of the American Union. Applause Talk that way to your boys, to your husbands, to your friends, and you wiil hear such a shout of joy come up from '.he ciiuips in the Juudof the foe, ns will dk- ymr heurts good. Let the poor soldiers feol thatiu the ,erform-ance of their arduous and f'atiguingdatios, they have cemfort at home as well as cheCYe iu the army. Let men reflect that the graves of thoso many boys some seven or eight thousand that we lost iu our cam paign tins summer, who were fightiuir tor their country only remt-mber that their wounds whilo they lay weltering iu u!e ir 8, like empty mouths, spoke ' ""uiiucr tunes 10 tueir Jrieuda at home "Dear fiiend and companion of miuu, ucre, 100k at tins bleeding gash that bus been made by traitorous hands. Will you not avenge my blood? Will you not unfurl tho banner of your country and lift a single joyous anthem to tho tune of this Unin while the shout of victory are going up from each and every battlefield ia the lantir Wiilyou nut uveu-e the blood o fyour brothers or your sons, killed by men who are attempting to destroy our iiutiouuJ cxihU'itve? Sweiir that yon will that while there is a remnant of thatbut-tlo-tom flag h-t't. yi,u will strike such blows as will assist uiy country in ridding the land of all its toes." You citizens of Perry aud Franklin county, who are assem. bled hcie to diy let the words of dying D'dlius und a dying Iteesef speak to you. Let the lart words of the dying boys "who fell as brave soldiers iu the ranks speak in thunder tones to you in reference to vour conduct in future. Listen to tho words of Colonel Dollinsin the last agonies of death. He was a brrve true, patriot as ever bled for his country's cause. When he was pierced by the leaden messenger of death, he sank back and said, "Boys go on, let Hie see the flag of my country planted on tho enemy's ramparts." Tha buve Reese said: "Tell Loguu to tell tho people at home that 1 divd an honest man and a brave Soldier." So help Die God, I will tell them as loug as I live that be died au honest man and a brave soldier. r Apr,in,1Sc ' My conntrviatn, dooit!i ul,is of sU(.j, lneDM jmt9l)l.ak toy, u wll te .iijeaK toy u Willi a i-.'i.je thfct can nut be misiuicipiet.-d? Tiiey died because of traitorous bunds. They died iiecuuse of u relnllion fagainst tlli! t'l--l jOYtil-IIIlient ..Tl i.ut-tlk Till, j,e0llUJfi tQer were patriots and loved t)(.ir ....try iUl,l t!ll,jr lrieuds loved .,. harino:, and pood will. They Jl( t (l.ut r0,iw, alv. Bud wj'leu , ,hlir r;lV(,s n,i , r,i : ,., is rut their heads t mark tho Kpot where they sleep the sleep of the falleu brave, you find inhcrihed upon it: Thismnn titV fit tllft hllttil r.f urlilwl an a l.ival mun. true i;;0n ol.iir, fighting under the tl.tg , hif, cu t rv. r Ap ,lause. Cuii Jeff iiavj 8U(.l4 ; LisuuV w itt j,...,,.!,.,.,,.,) , i,,, ,.,. v,,n if. l. cu;.l he died a patriot and a ioverof his country? ii. But, in u lew brief words, his histoiy may be written on the head-loard thut will liuirk the grave where ho will lie A traitor sieeps here! This is the difference that there id Letwcen a patriot and the men who are at war against the Government. If you could only havo seen-the daring deed.-i performed by some of your t-'ius and friend, you would never bo heard again to utter a sentence uca'nst the j cause they are eogaged in. It would not 1 d- ibr me to attempt to describe them. : 1 lie must magnificently grand history that j can ho written of the daring deeds of ma- dy men, is written on tha flag that has been sent to Perry Courfty by the Colonel of the tdd 31st Begiment: It was planted upon the bulwarks and ramparts ol Vieks-burg. The staff was cut down three times, and three times was put together again. One hundred and sixty-three bullet holes through a flag is the grandest history of heroic uecdx unit eau he written or made by any set of men. Applause. Let all loijk ut that flag. These men however, have not excelled others. There are men who have done just as Waring deeds. In fact, all havo performed tho same kind of heroic aedon. They have all won lor t'.ieuiselves a name as brave, good, faithful, and true wldiers of the Union. They are uuitcd in a comumn cause, hea't and baud; they arc truly a band of brothers. That little army is indeed a band ofbroth-crs. They live together, tbey leve one another, they fight fur one another, tod they would die for one another. A 11 tVey ak on. earth is, flint when they die tlity may be buriod sido by side with one another. Applause. CONCLl'DISO AI-YICI. In conclusion, let tno frive vu this ad vice: Quit your fiu.irrciing. Bejor your Govorumcr't ini'-pite of what anylody niy sav. f"'w ar that vou are fir ymr country . - h . , hBt loA ' . r . Isay, and prore your laitli hy yuur wcrlf Do tbfl werk. Asit t-be wblior; fcelw him; din't support aud Mintain deserters. Be ulad to moot a snldicr lecnuiw he is soldier. Pe iwiud ihat you have a filend in the army that is a soldier. If you ear not fight, you can work. You caa show by your action 4hat you are for your country. When these gentlemen get to tlk ing aod saying, "1 am for the JJnioa M ii was and tlie Constitution M it is; I am for tha 1 'ninn; but Uieo I sut hare It ccvs6-tulicnally;' that u t-eay,they are Jci eoU tljntj down quietly and tellipg the Geter Ii

J- V "1 , ' VOL IX. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO THURSDAY, AUGUST, 13 1853. NO4I 111 If flit Wlfl ff 7 A ' THE MOUNT VEKNON REPIBLR'AX. T K It M S : For one year (invariably in advancc)82.00 For six months, 1,00 TERMS OF ADVERTISING. One square, 3 weeks, One square, 3 months, One square, G months, One square, 1 year, One square (changeable monthly) Changeable weekly, Two squares, 3 weeks, Two squares, 6 weeks, Two squares, 3 months, f wo squares, (j months, Two squares, 1 year, Three squares, 3 weeks, Three squares, 15 weeks, Three squares, 3 months, Three squares, 6 months, Three sauares. 1 vear. 1,00 8,00 4,50 0,00 10,00 15,00 1.75 3.25 5,25 0,75 8,00 2,50 4,50 6,00 8,00 10,00 One-fourth column, chan. quarterly, 15,00 One-third " " " ZZ.uu One-half ' 28,00 One column, changeable quarterly, 50,00 Select poctrj) UNION SONG. The Battle-Cry of Freedom. ( REVI8ED EDITION) 'Uncle Sam' is shouting 'Come boys! come from laud and main, ShoutiHgthe Battle Cry of Freedom! Come, rally round tho Flag, Boys; rally once again ! Shouting the Battle fry of Freedom ! Chorus The Union forever! Hurrah, Boys, Hurrah! Down with tho traitors! Up with the Stars! Come, rally round the Flag' boys; rally once again, Shouting the Battle Cry of Freedoml' Yes, we'll rally round the Flag, Boys, we'll rally once again, Shouting tho Battle Cry of Freedom ! We will gather from the hill side, we 11 rally from tho plain, Shouting the B ittlo Cry of Freedom! Chorus The Unior. forever! Hurrah, Boys, hurrah! Down with the traitors! Up with tho Stars ! Ch, we'll ra'iy round the Flag L'oys, rally once ag:trn, Shouting the Battlo Cry ol Freedom! We will welcome to our ranks, Boys, the loyal true and brave, Shouting the Battle Cry of Freedom! . And, though he may be poor, he shall never be a slave, Shouting the Battle Cry of Freedom I Cuonus The Union forever ! &o. We will answer to tho call, Boys, of Brotl crs gone before, Shouting the Battlo Cry of Freedom! Anl we'll fill their vacant ranks with a million freemen more, Shouting the Battle Cry of Freedom! Chorus The Union forever ! ic. Wo will hang the traitor band, Boys, Jeff Davis and his crew, Shouting tho Battle Cry of Freedom! And the Copperheads we'll crush, Boys, Vallandighatn and Pugh, Shouting the Battle Cry of Freedom! Cucaus Tho Union forever 1 &e. iNTuEnvBMTTiorsE. I was born in Dudley ville, where also my father uu 1 tuy father's father wero born beforo me. Tho first sou of our family lbr many generations liad been christened Nicholas, and 1 was honoroJ with tho same euphoi !ier wits. -on cognomen. On the male side my Scream followed scream, then aclat-father and 1 were tho 'inly one 1 It ter like a tramp of homes. I made to represent tho ancient race. We wero both as well known in Dudley-ville as the spire of the villago church and from being so well known, we were hailod the win la country r und by the familiar epithet of 'Nick Dudley ,' and to avo confounding the two, my lather was frequently called 'Old Nick.' 1 believe in my soul this was the cause ofliisscndingme so early abroad. Be that as it may, I was cqtiipe l aud icgulaily insbllod, when I wasscarfe sixteen, into Uncle Sam's service, where, young as I was, I contrived to distinguish myself for my military daring an 1 courage, which, I am now O nvinccd, was nothing but foolhard-iucFfl- . ' . , It was during the Texan war I ser- . vod, and at tho age of twenty -one 1 returned once mro to' tho paternal ro if, with the lillo of major prefixed . to my name. : .- P l'i..t' l't .. C a:' .: It was with no ordinary degree o self satisfaction that, with my showy regimentals, with my faco browned by a tropical sun, a firco military moustache and my lull proportions. I paced tho deck of the steamer which was soon to land ma within a short stage ride of my native town. My sister Kate, whom I so longed to see, had, I fancied, grown a tall, beautiful girl, and as she had thrown out some vague hints in her letter to me,concerningsonieimportanichaiigcs in her life, which only awaited my presence to accomplish, I racked my brains to imagine tho sort of a man tho intended huBbaiid might be. My return 1 had carefully planned in such a way as to surprise the old gentleman anil Kate- By no possibil ity were they expecjing me for a full week. I had learned from Kate that the old homestead was undergoing repairs, and that meanwhile tho old gen- tleman had rented a house in tho heart of tho flourishing town. I kuew the old place and all its sur roundings so well, however, in spite of alterations, that I could not be at fault. I was in tho very street at last, and in front of the house which held my good father and sister. As I was about to ascend the steps and enter the honso legitimately by the front door, I saw that the dining room windows which opened 011 the green before the house, were vide open, and the bright light within the! room, shown on the out spread table, just as the family had lei t it after ihe evening meal. 'They must have had company,' Untight I, for tlie table had evidently been laid tur a number of persons, and t.10 massive spoons and shining silver toa-scrvice lay temptingly open to t..e hands of any passing thief. A brilliant thought flashed on my mind. 'A double surprise.' thought I, and I no sooner thought than acted. Springing ut one bonnd through (ne of the open windows, I gathered. j as hastily as possible, sporna, and whatever of the massive platJ I coul 1 determining to make my way np stnirs an 1 into the dn wing room, before any of the family saw mo, and present my sister with my own presence and her silver at the same timo. Just as I was about to open the door of tho dining room, my eyes glanced on the name engraved upon the silver 'Liverniorc.' I started like a criminal While it flashed through mo like a shock of lightning that my father, though a man of means, bad never manifested nty great love ol silver, ami had never owned any plate except thoold-fashioned spoons and tea-service which had been handed down from genera tion to generation, it also oc urred to m! for a dead certainty that I had 'wakened up tho wrong passenger,' in 8-iort, that I was in a fix, aud decided ly in the wrong house. As this truth glanced rapidlythrough my mind I was engaged in replacing the silver previous to making my exit in tho sain j way I had entered. But alas for human calculat ion! Bc-fov I had divtstftd my pockets of halt their contents, tho door opened and shut with a bang, giving me a glimps 1 of a serva it maid halt terrified out of for tho window, but one of tho shut- ters had already been closed with a bang, an 1 in tho same way tho rest were closed as if by magic. A friendly side-door stood invitingly open. I mado my way through it an 1 up a private staircase. The next moment I found myself in tho snug, lib ary adjoin ing tho brilliantly Jightod room. I heard steps approaching, and darting beli in 1 tho shelter of the ample drapery which curtained tho window? hal only timo to conceal myself when voices in tho arartment made .me awaro I hal been nouo too quick in my operations. After a little I was left alono, and now I had timo and food for reflection. Suppose I wero caught tho silver actually in my possession, tho proof was convincing damning; evon niy fathers n:im3, well and favorably Jtnowi'i conlJ not shield 1210. a was well known, too, but us a wild, reck- 1.-as blade, and to many tho probability that I had added house-breaking to my other lawless accomplishments, mig'it bo easily supposable. Determining to put tho best possible face on tho matter in caao I was caught, I remained almost breathles in my hiding place, Presentiy by tho hum of voices I could hear that tho drawing-room began to fill. I grew nervous, restless. I longed to rush out in the midst of all and acknowledge who I was. and the reason of my being thero under such suspicious circumstances. But the reasons were so ridiculous, that in spite of all my mora manly feedings I was constrained to remain like a guilty wretch in my hiding-place. At intervals, grcups of visitors entered tho library, and then withdre-v. At each intrusion I felt my hour had coma. But somehow my good genius proved always in the ascendant. No one cams to the window. The rooms began to thij. I could plainly distinguish that fact with some degree of hope in my breast. Again I heard voices and Btepts enter tho library.'Before I go, dear Edith,' said a musical voice, which I recognized with a thrill of joy as my sister's 'let me tell you that in a week I expert my dea, brother. I shall then have the pleasure of introducing you, and 'A hi that long-talked- of brother, Kate; I am half ir love with him already fi om your glowing description. 'You will be entirely in love with him when you see and know him. See here is his last let' er; shall I reV i.?' Edith, the little witch, consented. and then I had the pleasure ofhearing my last scrawl read by my partial sister. Oh. how mawkish it sounded to me; how pointless the wit-how si.ly tho attempt at poetry. But Edith praised it when Kate had .-nded, and this in a measure reconciled me to the boyish ittempt. At last the rooms where still, the light extinguished and darkened prevailed. I was irepariug to emcrgo from my hiding place, when tho opening ot a door arrested roe. Light steps approached, curtain was drawn, and tho moonlight revealed the from of a beautiful girl, and at the same time I was revealed to her astonished view. With admirable pros-cuce of mid she suppressed a scream. Who are you? what are you doing here?, she asked hurriedly. 'Do not be alarmed; do not make a noifc, fair lady, and I will tell you. I 'Are you the person who are you a robber? Did you breaL into ,Did 1 break into your house, you would ask. Yes, but do not start. 1 am no robber, I assure you. Alas! I need your assistance I saw that my manner assured her and I went on. 'I am the only brother of your friend, Kate Dudley, and, as such, ask your compassion, for I must bo right in supposng you ard Miss Edith Livermo-e, with whom Kate has repeatenly made me acquainted in her letters., 'I am indeed Edith Livermore,' she replied, with unfeigned astonishment; and I ,You would hear how I pot here with these iu my bocket.'und I ulled out spoon after spoon a laid them before her. E lith 1 oked more and more perplexed and onsiderably terrified. But I soon reassured her by relating the whole of my adventure. She blushed a little when I related the conversation between her and my sister, but somehow we talked there alone until the gray dawn reminded us both that must go. Edith herself let me out of the door, but not till I felt somewhat assured that what she said to my sister, hud literally come true that she was really more than half in love with me. It Las beta several years sioee then, but not long enough to mako either nay self or my little wifo Edit) regret my ad venture ia the wrong house. IlArrisESS. To be happy at home is the ultimate result of a, I ambition, the end to which every .enterprise and all la bor tends, and ot which every desire prompts the. prosecution. Jt is, indeed, at home thet ever? man must be known by those who would make a just estimate of bis virtue or Iclicity; for tniilca and embroidery are alike occasional, and tho mind is often dtessed for show in painted honor and fictitious benovolenco. Johnson. S,Head the speech of Gen. Logan. - . r ) ; I - MAJ0R-GENE11AL JOHN A. LOGAN A HOME. A War Speech lu Egypt. The followingextraetsfroma late speech of John A. Logan a war Democrat, nre well worth reading. Our subscribers should read thorn and hand tho paper to their Deuiocratio neighbors to read. We would gladly have published all his speech but cannot for want of spaco. What then is the duty we owo to that Government? I'll tell you in a fow words. We owe it our first allegiance as American citizeus. We owe our first allegiance to that Government paramount to any State, County, Section or Territory. We owe it our first allegiance as citizens. We are in duty bound to protect that Government under whose regis we have so long enjoyed peace, prosperity and security. As citizens who have received protection from it, it is our duty to stand by it in all its perils, in all its trials, all its wants, in every thing; it makes no matter what it is. It is our duty to see that at no time that Government is destroyed, that at no time the rights and privileges of its citizens are interferred with or molested. Applause. I believe no one will dispute this point 'for a moment. All will admit it. Well, if it be truo that we are indebted to this Government that much, clearly then there is a duty incumbcot upon us, upon all men and women in the land, upon all officers, upon all persons in the Government; aud it is that kind of duty that they should certainly perform it is to execute the trust imposed upon them in good faith, iu honesty and candor, according to the laws of the land and constitution under which we live. Applause. This being the case then, I will now bring to your attention the point I am driving at. It is this when a country like this is in war, what is the duty of its citizens? Now, if we owe our first allegiance to ourGovernment if we are bound to respect its laws, and in good faith carry them out why then, if that is the nature of our obligation to it, we are bound to prevent in every way possible, in every manner within our power, any interference with it iu any way what ever. We aro bound to resist any blow aimed at its vitality. We aro bound to go between it and its antagonist, be be who he may, what power under heaven it may we are bound to shield it with our strong arms in its hour of danger. Applause. AX UNCONSTITUTIONAL WAR. General Lo-an then reviewod tho assertions that tho war is an unholy, a fratiici dal, and a unconstitutional war. Was it Constitutional to organize a conspiracy against the Government; Ibis was not done for tho purpose of restoring peace and harmony, but for the reason that certain gentlemen iu some parts of the country had got "a little too large for their boots;" they thought if they could not be Presidents by election, they would be so by blood and carnage, and in violation of the laws of tho land. The friends of the rebels think this constitutional enough, bu' they are terribly opposed to defending the Government against them. Gen. Logan then spoke of the Conscription. THE CONSCRIPTION BILL. It ia said that the very idea of forcing a man into the army under the conscrip tion law is infamous. Let us see. What is a conscription law? It is a law enacted by the legislative power of the country for the protection of the Government, for en rolling soldiers to defend the Government against all its foe, foreign or domestic. Do those who talk of the infamous, the odious conscription bill not know that there is not a government on top of the earth but passes a conscription law whenever they deiire to raise troops for any emergency whatever? Some governments raise troops without conscription laws. They ust issue proclamations, and tell the peo-plo to march up and be soldiers without further notice This is the way they do in the land of Jeff. Laughter. lie issued an order the other day without any act of Congress. They have to go forward and deliver themselves np, or they will be ar rested and shot as deserters. But that ii all right, of course, because Jeff, does it n has a right la do that; but if the Presi dent of the Uoitcd State or the Coogress of the United States happen to pjw a coo scription law, when we have not troeps enough to pot down this rebellion, it is an outrage. 1 wani w say tais: if 1 was President of the United States and had the power, and if Jef. Pa vis or any other Jeff, was fighting against (he Government to destroy it, whether I had a conscription law or not, I would havo soldiers. Applause. And every uiau I fouud trying to excite sedition or to produce dissatisfaction in the army that was fighting for tho Government, X would haog on the first tree t came to. .pplauso. That's what I'd do with them. Whenever gentlemen talk in this coun try about obevipg law. and about the via- . latiun of the Constitution; whenever ger- his Government or against it. Ho can't tlemen in this or any eouutry nre (Imuouii- lie ngaiust the Union und against Jeff, cing men for exercise of power that doesn't 1 Davis. He is either a Union man and for belong to them, why, in God's name, lot his country, or else he is 11 traitor to the them try and obey tho laws tbcuiseUfis.jcouulry. If then.- xueii me so before they talk to others about it. Look I fund of the Constitution as it is, aud the at New York. Here is a conscription law attempted to bo enforced for the purpose of raising soldiers to fight for the old flay that was carried by Washington on many a bloody field; that our fathers nnd broth ers have waved and shaken in the faco of the enemy until they trembled with iear because of the power that was known to be in that old banner; to fight by the side of veterans who hare for over two years marched to the music of tho Union: to fight for old Yaukco Doodle as we always did. But men wero told that this law must be opposed, that mobs must be raised to prevent its enforcement, and these men, who invite the mob spirit iu New York arc clamorous for the Constitution and laws. They want the letter of the Con stitution adhered to. Tbey want the laws all administered properly. In New York, gentlemen rfi'l get up and make speeches and talk about usurpation in office, and the unjust exercise of power, und all this to do what? To make people law abiding, Constitution loving citizens? No, but to excite the populace to every i'eed of violence and atrocity, to mako them resist the law openly; to make them willfully murder their fellow-citizens in the streets; to make them commit acts of robbery, murder and arson. Was not that the result of tha these teachings in New York? What did they do for the people whom they excited thus? Did they prevent any of them from being enrolled? No, but they caused the streets of New York to flow with the blood of her fellow-citizens. And so it will always be when such riots are attempt. ed because tho Government has the power to put them down, and will put them down; and the gentlemen who try to excite mobs will be tho first to suffer; they will be the first to run out of the country to get rid of the law, too. Applause. There are a great many other objections to the prosecution 0" this war. Tbey want to stay the war to prevent tho further effusion of blood. Fellow-citizcns( this Government is a Government that we all love or once loved. We love the people tho country, tho rivors, tho rocks, the trees, every thing in it. They are ours. It is our people, our rivers, our lakes, our shores, our rocks, our mountains, our HUh, our hollows. It is our people, our Government tho best and brightest that ever existed on earth, and before I would sec this war stop until tho Government is restored in all it former power and supremacy, 1 would rathsr see the graves of ourselves, our sous and our brothers, mountains high. I would rather sco carcusaes sufficient to make bridges across tho widest streams, before this war should stop, until the true soldier of tho Union could wave his saber in his strong right hand and cleave the head from every traitor in the land. Applause This Government is worth fighting for. It is worth generations and centuries of war. It is worth the lives of the best and noblest men in the land, and may they all bo saerificed before tho war shall stop and leave an armed traitor in the land. Applause We will fight fur this Government for the sake of ourselves and our children. Our little ones shall read in history of the men who stood by the Government in its dark and gloomy hours, and it shall be tho proud boast of many that their fathers died in this glort cm struggb for American liberty. (Ap plause) LINCOLN BASTILES. Some men in this country say that they have been incarcerated in I forgot the same they call the thing, but I believe it is Lincoln bastilcs. I never heard of a Lincoln bastile before. They say this is a reign of terror. I havo nothing to say about them, only this: If they were improperly put in tho bmtile, I am very sorry for iti if they were properly put ihere, 1 am very sorry they wero not kept there. Applause Thoy ought to know whether they were put there rightfully or hot. Whenever yon hear a cian get up aud make a speech, and tell the crowd he ii afraid ho will be arrested by some Lincoln soldiers, you may Le sure there is something wrong about him. If he is a good Uoioa man, aod talks Union talk, there is 00 dner of hi being arrested. If be is for his Government, for bis country, and shows it by bis conversation and by his conduct, there is no danger of his being put in prison uot a ptrticle, not a bit of it. i don t nnd any man in Uiis country afraid of being put in jail if ha will make a good Union speech. What kind of a speech ought a man to make in this coun try? Docs he want to make a Jeff. Davis speech? There are two kijds of speeches for him to innko for the Government or against it. Ill can't be half way for the Union no such thing as that Ue is ei ter Union man cr a traitor ha ia for Lnon as it whs, that they want the ton-1 stitutiou in such condition that the Con gress of the tinted States will not prohibit Jeff. Davis, Toombs and thai crowd of traitors from holding scats in the Congress of the United States, so that they can again break up the Government. I am not for it. Applause. I uui not for their holding seats in Congress again, in order to go into conspiracy to break up tho Government. The leaders in this great eonspiracy, should never again he permitted to hare tho same constitutional rights they had before. Applause. If these gentlemen mean that they want them restored to the tame rights, then I am not for it. They and I differ there. If they mean that they are willing for these geu- tlcnien in that part of the country to eon-1 trol this Government, to hold a lash over j it as they have done heretofore, I am not for that either. Applause. I am for no such thing. I am for the Union as it was and the Uniom as it is. When I say I am for the Union as it was, I mean that I am for all the territory that belongs to the Govcrnmsnt, bringing it all back, evory foot of it, and governing it according to the wants of the people, and passing such laws arc as best adapted to their condition I can see through what these gentlemen mean. 1 know it exactlv. uy saying they are for the Union as it was, these men want to use the army to run srouud all through the country nnd pick up stray niggers and return to their masters They want our boys in bluejackets to hunt the swamps, and hills and hollows for abscond" ing darkies. Now, for one, I beg to be excused. Applause. I will certainly have to beg off from such work as that If they want that done, I havo no objec-1 lion, when the war is over, to let them go down and engage in that business themsel ves. I will permit them to do it, but let them not ask us to do it, if they please. L know that is just tho meanmsr ot the ''Union as it was and the Constitution as it is," with these men. 1 say to these nx.-n this: These nickers have lun away iroaj these people, aud tbey can just kp 011 ; running, and run tid doomsday, so fur a-i I am concerncu. i aiuu t c.-mso rneni ro rebel, nor did I run any of tho nigem nil'. If they want them ihevinav i-ak-h them but I can tell them that they'll have a happy tune doing it. l.ut l suppose tbey , want them all restored; they want a Uw j passed ro-ensKving thom; rbey want ttuH army to turn nigger-hunters and sla-..- ; oateuers. WelLuow. when they lay down ; their gnns and return back to the Govern metit,let them come before a United Mau-s Court, and let that United States t.'utirt lecido whether they aro entitled to this property. lithe Court says they nhnll j have it, I say all right. If the Cutirt says no. then I say "you can't come it. Squire." j I don t Know, out it seems to mo rn.it more is ro country on eartn tnat allows men u: commit treason against its Governnieut- allows them to ctminit such oiitruirt'oiLs acts of treason as these men have commit ted violate all the laws and tho Constitution and rebel against the Government, and then claim that tho Government has bo right to confiscate their property. A FEW WORDS roll TIIH SOLDIERS. Now fellow-citizens, I have detained you! on all these poiuts at as great length as I desire. This lengthy speaking in the open air will, 1 urn atraid, do me a a great deal of injury; fruiu the way I feel. But I want to say a lew words to you in reference to our soldiers. 1 riavo no omogies to pass, so far as I am concerned, upon their eon-duct, more than what that conduct shows itself entitled to. 'J ho country knows it; so far as the conduct of tho soldiers of the United States is concerned, they knew all all about it. But I want to appeal to you in behalf of these men, that while tbey are traveling and marching about through the rebellious States almost naked, without food sometimes, in tho burning sun and iu the drenching f. tor 01, in tho night and in the day; whilo they are sleeping upon the cold wet ground; while they are suti'eriug all the toils and privations ot camp J 1 to such as no other poldiers ever endured be-lore'; while they are doingtbat which they honestly believe to be their duty to themselves und their country, as citizens of the noble State of Illinois, to atleast extend to them your sympathy, to st least to feel in common wi h them that the r cause is just, to at less! think, if you cauuot alleviate their Bufferings and lessen tboir p rivst'ous 10 the field, th-Jt your leelmgs are with them. Say to (hem, "go on, hojs, God bless you," and let th brave fellows know how you feel toward them. .Arp!ii'e Let us have no more it tiers wnfeu Irciu 1 horns U) the boys who are in the o',d, graaibliDKaad growing, and tolling them wnn tfith this TirV.i.!ir V, . I r.Av-i. "A gun, and that you wis'a tbey were heme i """"v 7- and all that sort ot thing; lor ycu only encourage them to desert the eaive of thair country. IjH us havo no more l!ttor written to iho arniy from parent u-ll.ng their children that if they eorae homo to come by a certain man's bouse, and be will tell them tho best way to get where they can tnnet other deserters, and he protected. Let w have no more of this. Write toibtxa in this Way: eay to them, my ion, as Ionian there is an armed refiel in the Goiern-mont, as long nMherc is u irii r iu arms aeainst the United ta''.-, bo true t'i the jfjg u( yeBr COvntry; be true to tfcfl iih . . . ....... you took when you entered the army Do your duty, and when your cnuutry needs !'ou u" '"" i" the field, come home, nnd j jj' ''"''t"i,f;0JI( '(1 'l r VUf s,retclK''1 ,1 lUiiVi't'Ll HliJi'!, wVe jTct'wM in discharge of a patriot's duty. Let hi-- WTi render your name immmurtal as one nt'tlin irulLt.i t .L- .1: 1.1 ... :" wiumiiou mat hi coun- : try line it livH. r , i 1 ... . .. - L..1T.a,i--, XA.( your country b ,)ruU(J t0 ilia(.ril)aJ upon its banners a8 on. of theheroio dead. Let your pray.-r be tWt t)ie American UhK may be your winding 8lieet wbilo your spirit wings it way to the haven of rest re-, served lor the brave soldiers of the American Union. Applause Talk that way to your boys, to your husbands, to your friends, and you wiil hear such a shout of joy come up from '.he ciiuips in the Juudof the foe, ns will dk- ymr heurts good. Let the poor soldiers feol thatiu the ,erform-ance of their arduous and f'atiguingdatios, they have cemfort at home as well as cheCYe iu the army. Let men reflect that the graves of thoso many boys some seven or eight thousand that we lost iu our cam paign tins summer, who were fightiuir tor their country only remt-mber that their wounds whilo they lay weltering iu u!e ir 8, like empty mouths, spoke ' ""uiiucr tunes 10 tueir Jrieuda at home "Dear fiiend and companion of miuu, ucre, 100k at tins bleeding gash that bus been made by traitorous hands. Will you not avenge my blood? Will you not unfurl tho banner of your country and lift a single joyous anthem to tho tune of this Unin while the shout of victory are going up from each and every battlefield ia the lantir Wiilyou nut uveu-e the blood o fyour brothers or your sons, killed by men who are attempting to destroy our iiutiouuJ cxihU'itve? Sweiir that yon will that while there is a remnant of thatbut-tlo-tom flag h-t't. yi,u will strike such blows as will assist uiy country in ridding the land of all its toes." You citizens of Perry aud Franklin county, who are assem. bled hcie to diy let the words of dying D'dlius und a dying Iteesef speak to you. Let the lart words of the dying boys "who fell as brave soldiers iu the ranks speak in thunder tones to you in reference to vour conduct in future. Listen to tho words of Colonel Dollinsin the last agonies of death. He was a brrve true, patriot as ever bled for his country's cause. When he was pierced by the leaden messenger of death, he sank back and said, "Boys go on, let Hie see the flag of my country planted on tho enemy's ramparts." Tha buve Reese said: "Tell Loguu to tell tho people at home that 1 divd an honest man and a brave Soldier." So help Die God, I will tell them as loug as I live that be died au honest man and a brave soldier. r Apr,in,1Sc ' My conntrviatn, dooit!i ul,is of sU(.j, lneDM jmt9l)l.ak toy, u wll te .iijeaK toy u Willi a i-.'i.je thfct can nut be misiuicipiet.-d? Tiiey died because of traitorous bunds. They died iiecuuse of u relnllion fagainst tlli! t'l--l jOYtil-IIIlient ..Tl i.ut-tlk Till, j,e0llUJfi tQer were patriots and loved t)(.ir ....try iUl,l t!ll,jr lrieuds loved .,. harino:, and pood will. They Jl( t (l.ut r0,iw, alv. Bud wj'leu , ,hlir r;lV(,s n,i , r,i : ,., is rut their heads t mark tho Kpot where they sleep the sleep of the falleu brave, you find inhcrihed upon it: Thismnn titV fit tllft hllttil r.f urlilwl an a l.ival mun. true i;;0n ol.iir, fighting under the tl.tg , hif, cu t rv. r Ap ,lause. Cuii Jeff iiavj 8U(.l4 ; LisuuV w itt j,...,,.!,.,.,,.,) , i,,, ,.,. v,,n if. l. cu;.l he died a patriot and a ioverof his country? ii. But, in u lew brief words, his histoiy may be written on the head-loard thut will liuirk the grave where ho will lie A traitor sieeps here! This is the difference that there id Letwcen a patriot and the men who are at war against the Government. If you could only havo seen-the daring deed.-i performed by some of your t-'ius and friend, you would never bo heard again to utter a sentence uca'nst the j cause they are eogaged in. It would not 1 d- ibr me to attempt to describe them. : 1 lie must magnificently grand history that j can ho written of the daring deeds of ma- dy men, is written on tha flag that has been sent to Perry Courfty by the Colonel of the tdd 31st Begiment: It was planted upon the bulwarks and ramparts ol Vieks-burg. The staff was cut down three times, and three times was put together again. One hundred and sixty-three bullet holes through a flag is the grandest history of heroic uecdx unit eau he written or made by any set of men. Applause. Let all loijk ut that flag. These men however, have not excelled others. There are men who have done just as Waring deeds. In fact, all havo performed tho same kind of heroic aedon. They have all won lor t'.ieuiselves a name as brave, good, faithful, and true wldiers of the Union. They are uuitcd in a comumn cause, hea't and baud; they arc truly a band of brothers. That little army is indeed a band ofbroth-crs. They live together, tbey leve one another, they fight fur one another, tod they would die for one another. A 11 tVey ak on. earth is, flint when they die tlity may be buriod sido by side with one another. Applause. CONCLl'DISO AI-YICI. In conclusion, let tno frive vu this ad vice: Quit your fiu.irrciing. Bejor your Govorumcr't ini'-pite of what anylody niy sav. f"'w ar that vou are fir ymr country . - h . , hBt loA ' . r . Isay, and prore your laitli hy yuur wcrlf Do tbfl werk. Asit t-be wblior; fcelw him; din't support aud Mintain deserters. Be ulad to moot a snldicr lecnuiw he is soldier. Pe iwiud ihat you have a filend in the army that is a soldier. If you ear not fight, you can work. You caa show by your action 4hat you are for your country. When these gentlemen get to tlk ing aod saying, "1 am for the JJnioa M ii was and tlie Constitution M it is; I am for tha 1 'ninn; but Uieo I sut hare It ccvs6-tulicnally;' that u t-eay,they are Jci eoU tljntj down quietly and tellipg the Geter Ii